Taste Dumpling Restaurant in Burwood East, is one of those restaurants that appears to cater only for the Asian/Chinese population, as is evident by the ninety-nine percent Asian customers that are patronising the place on any given day. This is also evident by the miss-spelled name on the front of the building.
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If the name on the building does not deter you, then venturing inside might. While giving the impression of a luxurious restaurant, too many tables and chairs jammed into the limited space creates problems for customers and wait staff alike, as they try to navigate their way around the room.
The menu itself is also an issue, giving the impression that it was written by someone with limited English skills, and hadn't been proof read. Furthermore, the names of the dishes are misleading, giving an indication yet again that limited English was used to write the menu, and the writer used the words that was known to them, rather than what was accurate. So don't expect to be presented with what you thought you were ordering.
The food itself could be considered to be of sub-standard quality. However, the prices themselves match the quality provided, and are quite cheap.
The wait staff are, yet again, limited in the knowledge of English, and so as a result, non-speaking Chinese customers have difficulty when doing anything but requesting a dish number. In particular, trying to determine what exact ingredients are in a dish in order to accommodate an allergy, is almost beyond human patience and tolerance.
Furthermore, the wait staff don't have the basic knowledge of serving, in particular, knowing to bring out all meals for a table at once. Instead, they bring out one dish, wait for it to be finished, and then bring the next one.
Thus, while the prices of the restaurant may be enticing to those on limited budgets, the difficulties involved in the actual ordering-eating process are a big deterrence.
Take my advice, go somewhere else.
